This volume contains the following manuscripts described as either an Inaugural Dissertation or an Inaugural Essay presented to the University of Maryland for the Degree of "Doctor of Medicine" or "Doctor of Physic" : Typhoid Fever / by Harding, Hiram William ; Inflammation of the Kidney or Nephritis / by Sedwick, William A. ; Mechanism, Uses, etc. of the Pelvis / by Walker, Henry H. ; Syphilis / by Beck, Samuel ; Respiration / by Benson, Charles W. ; Extremes of Temperature / by Bradwater, Joseph E. ; Abortion / by Boyle, Daniel S. ; Malaria / by Fay, George W. ; Natural Labor / by Lee, Daniel ; Diabetes / by Owings, Harry W. ; Vascular System / by Dewling, Isaiah ; Science of Medicine / by Holton, Thomas Smith ; Jaundice / by Edelen, Henry C. ; Pneumonia / by LeCato, Edwin William ; Pneumonia / by Naylor, Henry L.P. ; Variola / by Pue, William H. ; Inguinal Hernia / by Baxley, Claude ; Malarious Fevers / by Eareckson, Edwin.